HISTORY

PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING

Under CTAS, the COPS Oce oers funding through Purpose Area #1: Public Safety and 

Community Policing. Purpose Area #1 is designed to expand the implementation of 

community policing and meet the most serious needs of law enforcement in Tribal Nations 

through a broadened comprehensive program. The funding can be used to hire or re-hire 

full-time career law enforcement ocers, village/tribal police ocers, village public safety 

ocers, school resource ocers, as well as procure basic equipment, technology and training 

to assist in the initiation or enhancement of Tribal community policing eorts. Purpose Area #1 

hiring grants are for a 60-month implementation period. If your tribe is awarded a hiring grant, 

it will receive funding to cover the entry-level salary and approved benets of full-time awarded 

ocer positions incurred during the 60 months following the grant award start date, unless an 

extension for additional time is granted. Purpose Area #1 equipment and training grants are for 

a 36 month implementation period. If your tribe is awarded an equipment and training grant, it 

will receive funding to cover the one-time purchases for allowable costs incurred during the 36 

months following the grant award start date, unless an extension for additional time is granted. 

If awarded civilian full time methamphetamine and or anti-opioid coordinator positions, these 

positions fall under the 36 month implementation period (three years).

Goals

• To address the most serious Tribal law enforcement needs

• To increase the capacity of Tribal law enforcement agencies through prevention strategies, 

improved criminal investigations (human tracking, missing or murdered Indigenous 

persons), crime control and illegal drugs (methamphetamine, opioids) 

• To implement or enhance community policing strategies

CTAS PURPOSE AREAS

COPS Oce’s Public Safety and 

Community Policing 

(COPS Oce), CFDA #16.710

Comprehensive Tribal Justice 

Systems Strategic Planning

(BJA, COPS Oce, OVW, OJJDP, OVC), 

CFDA #16.608 

BJA’s Tribal Justice Systems

(BJA), CFDA #16.608 

BJA’s Tribal Justice System 

Infrastructure Program

(BJA), CFDA #16.596 

OVC’s Children’s Justice Act 

Partnerships for Indian 

Communities 

(OVC), CFDA #16.583 

OJJDP’s Juvenile Tribal

Healing to Wellness Courts

(OJJDP), CFDA #16.731 

OJJDP’s Tribal Youth Program

(OJJDP), CFDA #16.731

Public Safety and Community 

Policing, contact: 

The Response Center

Oce of Community Oriented 

Policing Services

(800) 421-6770

tribalgrants@usdoj.gov

FACT SHEET

PURPOSE AREA 1

Public Safety and Community Policing

COORDINATED TRIBAL ASSISTANCE SOLICITATION

The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) 

in Fiscal Year 2010 in direct response to concerns raised by tribal leaders about the 

Department’s grant process that did not provide the exibility tribes needed to address their 

criminal justice and public safety needs. 

Through CTAS, federally recognized tribes and Tribal consortia were able, for the rst time ever, 

to submit a single application for most of DOJ’s Tribal grant programs. DOJ designed this 

comprehensive approach to save time and resources and allow tribes and DOJ to gain a better

understanding of the tribes’ overall public safety needs. CTAS is not a program but is the 

overarching structure, under which seven separate grant program applications are collected. 

CTAS is currently operated through collaborative eorts across many department 

components, bureaus, and oces, including:

• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

• Executive Oce for United States 

Attorney’s (EOUSA)

• Oce of Community Oriented Policing 

Services (COPS)

• Oce of Justice Programs (OJP)

• Oce of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

• Oce of Tribal Justice (OTJ)

• Oce for Victims of Crime (OVC) 

COORDINATED TRIBAL ASSISTANCE SOLICITATION

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PURPOSE AREA PROVIDERS Below are examples of items that receive funding to advance community policing: 

Ocers

Entry-level salaries and fringe benets of newly hired or rehired full-time sworn career law 

enforcement ocers including tribal/village police ocers, village public safety ocers, 

and school resource ocers, background investigations, and basic law enforcement 

training (required)

Ocer Background Investigations/Basic Law Enforcement Training

Background investigations and basic law enforcement training (required) for all ocers 

hired with TRGP-HIRE funding

Equipment

Uniforms, bullet-proof vests, body worn cameras, basic-issue equipment, and police vehicles

Technology

Computers hardware and software, mobile data terminals, dispatch,

and communication systems, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Persons (MMIP) databases

Training

Basic (required), comprehensive, and specialized law enforcement training, community 

policing, crime reporting (e.g. National Incident-Based Reporting System), 

anti-methamphetamine/anti-opioid, and human tracking training

Travel

Airfare, lodging, and mileage reimbursement for meeting or training costs, including

DOJ required training

Anti-Methamphetamine/Anti-Opioid Activities

Civilian Meth/Opioid coordinator positions and public awareness campaigns

Overtime

Overtime for sworn ocers engaged in community policing activities

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ADVANCING COMMUNITY POLICING

The Oce of Community Oriented 

Policing Services (COPS Oce) provides 

training and technical assistance (TTA) to 

further practical and specialized 

knowledge used to implement and 

enhance justice system eorts, particularly 

in the law enforcement eld. The COPS 

Oce supports TTA that not only is 

specically geared toward tribes but also 

generally applies across broader topic 

areas such as community policing, 

prescription drugs, gangs, and youth 

safety, among others. 

For more information about the U.S. 

Department of Justice’s Tribal TTA eorts, visit: 

www.justice.gov/tribal and select ‘training and 

technical assistance’ on the left toolbar.

For more information about the COPS Oce’s 

tribal resources, including grants, publications, 

and training, visit 

https://cops.usdoj.gov/tribalpolicing.

The COPS Oce also oers a ash drive, Tribal 

Resources for Justice Systems and Law 

Enforcement, which focuses on law 

enforcement strategies concerning issues 

such as gangs, alcohol and substance abuse, 

and victimization in Tribal communities. The 

ash drive is available at 

https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=deta

il&id=COPS-USB02B.

PURPOSE AREA 1

TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Oce of Justice Programs

U.S. Department of Justice

810 Seventh Street NW, 4th Floor

Washington, DC 20531

(202) 616-6500 | www.bja.gov

Email tribalgrants@usdoj.gov for 

questions regarding the Coordinated 

Tribal Assistance Solicitations.

U.S. Department of Justice 

 Oce of Community Oriented

Policing Services 

 145 N Street NE

 Washington, DC 20530

(800) 421-6770 | www.cops.usdoj.gov

Oce of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention

 810 Seventh Street NW 

 Washington, DC 20531 

 (202) 307–5911 | www.ojjdp.gov

Oce for Victims of Crime

810 Seventh Street NW, Second Floor

 Washington, DC 20531

 (202) 307-5983 | www.ovc.gov
Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center 

The Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) provides customized 

technical assistance solutions designed to meet the unique needs of state, local, tribal, and 

campus communities throughout the United States. The CRI-TAC provides a collaborative and 

comprehensive process in which subject matter experts from the eld help your agency reach 

the forefront of cutting-edge innovation and promosing practices.

Contact information www.collaborativereform.org | technicalassistance@usdoj.gov

(800) 421-6770

In addition to the General Topics topic areas:

• Child Abuse

• Community Policing and Problem Solving in a Tribal Setting

• CPTED in a Tribal Setting

• Crime Scene Processing

• Cross-Deputization and Regional Partnerships (including Public Law 280 considerations)

• Domestic Violence in Tribal Communities

• Drug Endangered Children in a Tribal Setting

• Drug Identication and Response

• Evidence Collection and Storage

• Hiring and Recruitment of Native American Ocers

• Human Tracking in Indian Country

• Missing and murdered Indigenous persons response (training, protocols, engagement)

• School/Campus Safety in Tribal Communities

• Security and Law Enforcement Partnerships

• Sexual Assault in Tribal Communities

• Tribal Law Enforcement Leadership

• Tribal Youth Partnerships

Tribal Community Policing Resources

The Oce of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Oce) provides resources and

training and technical assistance (TTA) to further practical and specialized knowledge used to 

implement and enhance justice system eorts, particularly in the law enforcement eld. The 

COPS Oce supports resources and TTA that is not only specically geared toward tribes but 

also generally applies across broader topic areas such as community policing, drugs, gangs, and 

youth safety, among others. On the Tribal Community Policing Resources page you’ll nd a 

variety of resources and courses the COPS Oce oers for tribal law enforcement. These 

resources are constantly being updated and added to so please check back often. 

https://cops.usdoj.gov/tribalpolicing

Training Portal

The COPS Oce online and in-person trainings can be found on the COPS Oce Training Portal. 

The Training Portal is a convenient way for law enforcement professionals and community 

partners to access interactive online training in emerging public safety topics, as well as serves 

as a gateway to a variety of community policing resources at no cost. 

https://copstrainingportal.org/ | info@copstrainingportal.org | (833) 650-7910

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TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS

TRIBAL COMMUNITY 

POLICING RESOURCES
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Oce 

of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 

supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, 

treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives 

that strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system. BJA provides 

leadership, services, and funding to America’s communities by 

emphasizing local control; building relationships in the eld; developing collaborations and partnerships; promoting capacity building 

through planning; streamlining the administration of grants; increasing training and technical assistance; creating project accountability; 

encouraging innovation; and ultimately communicating the value of 

justice eorts to decision makers at every level.

BJA works with the Oce of Tribal Justice, the Oce of Justice 

Program’s American Indian and Alaska Native Aairs Desk, and other 

federal agencies, in addition to many culturally appropriate organizations, to maintain focus with the eld and to ensure the program’s 

goals and objectives are achieved.

Established in 1988 through an amendment to the 

Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984, Oce for 

Victims of Crime (OVC) is charged by Congress 

with administering the Crime Victims Fund (the Fund). Through OVC, 

the Fund supports a broad array of programs and services that focus 

on helping victims in the immediate aftermath of crime and 

continuing to support them as they rebuild their lives. Millions of 

dollars are invested annually in victim compensation and assistance 

in every U.S. state and territory, as well as for training, technical 

assistance, and other capacity-building programs designed to 

enhance service providers’ ability to support victims of crime in 

communities across the Nation.

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This project was supported by Grant No. 2019-IC-BX-K002 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Oce of 

Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Oce of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Oce 

for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Oce. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the ocial position or 

policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

BJA | OVC | COPS | OJJDP

FUNDING AGENCY OVERVIEW

The Oce of Community Oriented Policing 

Services (COPS) was created through the Violent 

Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The COPS Oce is 

the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for 

advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's state, 

local, territory, and Tribal law enforcement agencies through 

information and grant resources. 

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational 

strategies which support the systematic use of partnerships and 

problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate 

conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social 

disorder, and fear of crime. The COPS Oce has also produced and 

compiled a broad range of information resources that can help law 

enforcement better address specic crime and operational issues, 

and help community leaders better understand how to work cooperatively with their law enforcement agency to reduce crime.

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention (JJDP) Act established OJJDP, a 

component of the Oce of Justice 

Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, to support local and state eorts 

to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. In 

December 2018, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act (JJRA) of 2018 was 

signed into law, reauthorizing and substantially amending the JJDP 

Act. https://ojjdpojp.gov/aboutlegislation. OJJDP collaborates with 

professionals from diverse disciplines to improve juvenile justice 

policies and practices by supporting states, local communities, and 

Tribal jurisdictions in their eorts to develop and implement eective 

programs for juveniles. OJJDP envisions a nation where our children 

are free from crime and violence. If they come into contact with the 

justice system, the contact should be rare, fair, and benecial to them.

OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to 

prevent and respond to youth delinquency and victimization. The 

Oce helps states, localities, and tribes develop eective and equitable juvenile justice systems that create safer communities and 

empower youth to lead productive lives.

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